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thick  (thk)
adj. thick·er, thick·est
1.
a. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin: a thick board.
b. Measuring a specified number of units in this dimension: two inches thick.
2. Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset: a thick neck.
3. Having component parts in a close, crowded state or arrangement; dense: a thick forest.
4. Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency: thick tomato sauce.
5. Having a great number; abounding: a room thick with flies.
6. Impenetrable by the eyes: a thick fog.
7.
a. Not easy to hear or understand; indistinctly articulated: the thick speech of a drunkard.
b. Producing indistinctly articulated sounds: the thick tongues of barbarians.
8. Strongly apparent; conspicuous: a thick brogue.
9. Informal Lacking mental agility; stupid.
10. Informal Very friendly; intimate: thick friends.
11. Informal Going beyond what is tolerable; excessive.
adv.
1. In a thick manner; deeply or heavily: Seashells lay thick on the beach.
2. In a close, compact state or arrangement; densely: Dozens of braids hung thick from the back of her head.
3. So as to be thick; thickly: Slice the bread thick for the best French toast.
n.
1. The thickest part.
2. The most active or intense part: in the thick of the fighting.
Idiom:
thick and thin
Good and bad times: They remained friends through thick and thin.

[Middle English thicke, from Old English thicce; see tegu- in Indo-European roots.]

thickish adj.
thickly adv.

thick [θɪk]
adj
1. of relatively great extent from one surface to the other; fat, broad, or deep a thick slice of bread
2.
a.  (postpositive) of specific fatness ten centimetres thick
b.  (in combination) a six-inch-thick wall
3. having a relatively dense consistency; not transparent thick soup
4. abundantly covered or filled a piano thick with dust
5. impenetrable; dense a thick fog
6. stupid, slow, or insensitive a thick person
7. throaty or badly articulated a voice thick with emotion
8. (of accents, etc.) pronounced
9. Informal very friendly (esp in the phrase thick as thieves)
a bit thick Brit unfair or excessive
a thick ear Informal a blow on the ear delivered as punishment, in anger, etc.
adv
1. in order to produce something thick to slice bread thick
2. profusely; in quick succession (esp in the phrase thick and fast)
lay it on thick Informal
a.  to exaggerate a story, statement, etc.
b.  to flatter excessively
n
1. a thick piece or part
the thick the busiest or most intense part
through thick and thin in good times and bad
[Old English thicce; related to Old Saxon, Old High German thikki, Old Norse thykkr]
thickish  adj
thickly  adv

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